Chapter 739: You Just Have a Stubborn Mouth

In this era, because of the scarcity of materials, less oil and fat, and the fact that there wasn't enough grain to eat, almost everyone's appetite was not small.

Simply put, everyone was a bottomless pit; no one should talk about anyone else, everyone was the same.

This led to the fact that whether it was steamed buns, meat buns, or corn cakes, they were all made very large.

For example, a steamed bun weighing half a jin was an extremely normal thing.

And Wang An remembered that in his past, he could easily eat five or six half-jin mixed-flour buns in one meal, which was a full 2.5 to 3 jin of steamed buns.

Of course, this wasn't his limit, because at that time Wang An felt that if there were still steamed buns, eating one or two more didn't seem to be a big problem at all.

It was just that although Wang An's appetite wasn't small, in Wang An's memory, his appetite could only be considered medium; people who could eat more than Wang An could be said to be everywhere.

However, now, the steamed buns steamed by Wang An's family had become smaller, and the weight of the buns had also become half of what it was before, about two and a half taels.

To be honest, with this kind of two-and-a-half-tael bun, Wang An could only eat three or four in one meal now, and that was when his appetite was relatively good.

The main thing is that as long as a person has oil and fat in their stomach, their appetite will naturally decrease; even if they want to eat, they can't, no one should talk about anyone else.

Liu Guilan took the steamer from Wang Yi's hand, and one could see that the eyes of Li Guafu and her two daughters were already straight.

Of course, what they were staring at were the mixed-flour buns on the steamer.

One had to admit that for a hungry person, the thing with the greatest attraction was definitely food.

Liu Guilan held the steamer in her left hand, rubbed her right hand on her pants, and picked up the buns to hand them to the two children respectively.

Seeing this, Li Guafu hurriedly blocked her and said:

"Guilan, you say we..."

But before Li Guafu could finish speaking, Liu Guilan directly interrupted impatiently:

"What state are you in that you're still hesitating? What is there to hesitate about? Look at how hungry the children are."

Turning her head, Liu Guilan said very gently to the two children: "Come, Big Ya, Second Ya, eat one each first. This whole steamer of buns is yours, no need to look at your mother, what's the use of looking at her? In Auntie's house, Auntie has the final say."

One could see that although the two children were full of longing for the buns, they kept their hands behind their backs, refusing to reach out to take the buns Liu Guilan was handing over.

It was just that their eyes looked at Li Guafu from time to time, clearly seeking their mother's opinion.

Unfortunately, Li Guafu didn't know what she was thinking at this time and didn't notice the children's eyes.

But don't say, looking at it from this point, although Li Guafu's life was truly not very good, she had educated these two children quite well.

Of course, the fact that her life wasn't good wasn't because she wasn't hardworking enough or unwilling to work.

If one had to find a reason for this, it could only be blamed on the fact that this world was really not very friendly to her.

The two children stared fixedly at the buns but refused to take them; this scene was truly moving, but Liu Guilan, as one of the parties involved, was a bit angry.

After all, Li Guafu's kneeling before had truly angered Liu Guilan enough that even now, Liu Guilan's anger hadn't subsided.

So Liu Guilan held the buns and, after testing two more times, suddenly widened her eyes and shouted very angrily at Li Guafu:

"Big Li Guafu, what the hell are you trying to do? I'm telling you, if you don't take them, I'm taking them back." At this moment, Liu Guilan once again displayed her shrewish spirit like a tigress, and one had to say, it was truly quite scary.

Only then did Li Guafu glance at the two children and then said very flusteredly: "Guilan, you misunderstood, how could I not want them."

Immediately after, Li Guafu lowered her head and scolded the two children: "Third Aunt isn't an outsider, why don't you know to take the buns Third Aunt gives you?"

Li Guafu might really not have noticed before, or she might have been putting on an act, but Liu Guilan didn't take it to heart.

Then one could see Liu Guilan roll her eyes at Li Guafu and once again pick up two buns to hand to the two children.

This time, the two children didn't refuse and actually miraculously said a small "thank you."

Liu Guilan used the hand that had just taken the buns to touch the children's heads, then sighed deeply, opened her mouth as if wanting to say something, but didn't say a word.

Watching the two children wolf down the buns, Liu Guilan handed the steamer in her hand to Li Guafu and said softly: "Sister Li, take all these buns back. Later, before the afternoon, come over to get some cornmeal; you have to get through this period somehow."

Li Guafu was stunned upon hearing this, clearly not expecting Liu Guilan to say such things. She just wanted to say something to refuse, but after pausing, she nodded and said very gratefully: "Guilan, sister really thanks you. To tell you the truth, sister really can't go on anymore; this life, one meal after another, there's no hope..."

It wasn't that Liu Guilan hadn't lived a bitter life; to be precise, it hadn't been long since life got better.

So although Liu Guilan couldn't "empathize" with Li Guafu's bitterness, she truly "deeply understood" it.

After Li Guafu finished speaking, Liu Guilan comforted her:

"Isn't life just like this? Everyone is just enduring it, what hope or no hope. Alright, Sister Li, when my house sets off firecrackers, come over, bring the children together, otherwise, there's no way to deal with the two children at home."

Li Guafu nodded and was about to turn around to go home, when Liu Guilan reminded her:

"Don't forget to come and get some cornmeal later."

Li Guafu said "okay," nodded again, and then led the two children home.

With Li Guafu's departure, the crowd had seen enough excitement and dispersed one after another.

However, many people's eyes were fixed on the mixed-flour buns in Li Guafu's hands.

It could be seen that every household's grain was not abundant.

After the crowd left, Liu Guilan sighed and said:

"Day after day, the work hasn't even been done yet, but a whole steamer of buns has already been given away."

Wang An didn't care much about the buns and said with a smile: "Yeah, after giving away the buns, we have to give away some cornmeal, hehehehe..."

But just as Wang An's voice fell, Liu Guilan slapped Wang An's arm and said very angrily: "Give away what cornmeal? That's borrowed, didn't you hear me tell her to come and get some? It's all your fault, you spendthrift, if it weren't for you blindly acting generous, would I have sent out so many buns?"

Wang An dodged to the side and continued to say with a grin:

"You just have a stubborn mouth, clearly you wanted to send them yourself but blame me."

Liu Guilan rolled her eyes at Wang An and couldn't help but laugh: "You little brat."

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